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USA TODAY Sports As the Falcons search for a new General Manager, they still have a team president who used to be a General Manager. He claims he’s not interested in encroaching on the job of the next General Manager, unless the next General Manager wants McKay to do so. McKay answered...

Getty Images Chiefs linebacker Anthony Hitchens may not be available for Sunday’s game against the Falcons. Field Yates of ESPN reports that Hitchens has been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The reason for Hitchens’ move to the list is not part of the report. That reason would determine...

Getty Images The NFL sent the 32 teams a memo Tuesday, changing the hiring process for head coaches. Teams seeking a new head coach now may request and conduct virtual interviews with candidates employed by other teams starting Wednesday, NFL Media reports. The interviews can last no longer...

Getty Images Falcons interim head coach Raheem Morris has done a good enough job this season that the team will consider giving him the coaching job on a permanent basis. Falcons President Rich McKay told D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Morris will interview for...

Getty Images The Falcons have added practice squad defensive end Austin Edwards to their reserve/COVID-19 list. An undrafted rookie out of Ferris State, Edwards has appeared in one game in 2020. He played five special teams snaps and one defensive snap in Atlanta’s loss to the Lions in Week 7...

Getty Images The Falcons are paying running back Todd Gurley $5.5 million this season. The Falcons are also paying running back Brian Hill $2.1 million this season. But neither one of them is the team’s top running back. That distinction belongs to Ito Smith, who makes just $750,000. Falcons...

Getty Images The Chiefs, Packers, Ravens and Seahawks tied for the most Pro Bowlers, with each team getting seven. The NFL announced the 2021 AFC and NFC Pro Bowl rosters Monday night. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the favorites for the MVP award...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have fallen on multiple occasions into double-digit holes this season. They did it again today in Atlanta, and they managed to come back and win. Coach Bruce Arians knows that falling behind isn’t the way to win in January. “We lost to the Chiefs and the Rams by...

Getty Images The Buccaneers are fighting for a playoff spot and the Falcons are playing for an interim head coach, but Atlanta has been the more impressive team through the first 30 minutes of action in Atlanta. Matt Ryan threw a touchdown pass to cap a 6-for-6 opening drive and continued to...

Getty Images Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but a Falcons team quarterbacked by Matt Ryan is giving up a big lead to a team quarterbacked by Tom Brady. The Buccaneers didn’t score a point in the first half of Sunday’s game and trailed by 17 points at the break as a result, but the...

Getty Images Wide receiver Antonio Brown‘s first touchdown as a Buccaneer could allow the team to get out of Atlanta with a win. The Buccaneers lead for the first time all day after Brown reeled in a 46-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady with just over six minutes to play. The score put the...

Getty Images The Falcons fired head coach Dan Quinn after blowing some big leads early this season, but that problem reared its head again on Sunday against the Buccaneers. Atlanta led 17-0 at halftime and 24-7 in the third quarter, but the Buccaneers found their offensive footing over the...

Getty Images There are currently three head coaching vacancies in the NFL and that number is likely to grow once the regular season comes to an end. Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald may be linked with some of those openings. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that two teams have already...

Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. A report on Sunday morning indicated Dolphins wide receiver DeVante Parker would play against the Patriots, but that’s not going to be the case. Parker...

Getty Images The Falcons can only play spoiler to other teams’ playoff hopes at this point and their effort to do so on Sunday is off to a good start. Matt Ryan went 6-of-6 on the Falcons’ opening possession of the game and capped the drive with a five-yard touchdown pass to Russell Gage. The...

Getty Images We interrupt the ongoing coverage of Randy Moss claiming he’s the best receiver of all time to address the contention of Aaron Rodger that he should have twice the number of league MVP awards he currently owns. The comments came within the context of his recognition that winning a...

Getty Images Week 15 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chargers and it continues with two games on Saturday and 12 more games on Sunday. The teams playing in those games have released their final injury reports. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images The Buccaneers removed their three specialists from the COVID-19 reserve list Friday, but they are covering their bases ahead of Sunday’s game. Not long after activating punter Bradley Pinion, kicker Ryan Succop and long snapper Zach Triner, the team announced other special teams...

Getty Images The Falcons have had a vacancy at General Manager since Thomas Dimitroff was fired earlier this year. On Friday night, the Falcons announced that two candidates have interviewed for the position. Former Texans G.M. Rick Smith and Falcons director of college scouting Anthony...

Getty Images Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones will not play in Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers, Atlanta interim head coach Raheem Morris said Friday. Jones has been hampered by a hamstring injury throughout the season, and has not played in two of the Falcons’ last three games. Per...